Organisations will easily lose high-quality talent if there are few career advancement opportunities available to them. According to a study, two out of three employees have considered leaving their jobs due to a lack of opportunities for skills development or career advancement.
As such, professional growth remains at the top of many employees' minds, and career pathing is a critical tool that you, as an employer, can use to facilitate that growth.
Providing them with clear-cut career development requires a commitment to clarifying pathways for growth. Hence, by giving you a clear understanding of your employees' needs and aspirations, career pathing can also make internal recruitment and succession planning much easier.
In this deck, you'll understand why you should prioritise career development for your team.
You'll also learn
• The benefits of career pathing to your team
• Four (4) proactive steps you can take to create an effective career pathing
• The crucial role of career pathing in your organisational success.
1. Cracking The ‘Career Pathing’ Code
How to Prioritise Internal Success and Long-Term Growth
2. As a business leader or employer, you play an active role
in helping your employees plan their careers as doing so
not only benefits the employees but also your business.
Mapping out your employees’ careers give them a
roadmap for their future at your organisation as ensures
they remain motivated, engaged, and productive
towards their long-term career objectives.
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3. Ultimately, this allows them to
increase employee retention
rates and encourage long-
term loyalty.
4. Professional growth is a
priority for today’s employees.
They want to build skills, seize
opportunities and explore
new roles.
As such, implementing career programmes is
crucial to help them achieve success and
fulfillment in their professional life.
In addition, actively engaging in your team’s
career path contributes significantly to
business growth and sustained success.
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Career pathing is the deliberate act of
planning an employee’s career pathway -
which outlines how they progress to
different roles that make the most of their
talents and fulfill their career aspirations.
7. Career pathing helps your employees
evaluate their skills, interests, and
experience, to identify internal
advancement opportunities.
This structured approach allows your
employees plan their career trajectories,
starting from entry-level positions and
progressing to leadership roles within
their unit or department.
8. However, not everyone uses career paths to move up the career ladder. Some could
be more interested in a lateral move that closely aligns with their goals and interests.
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9. Career pathing requires a deep
understanding of your employee’s
interests and capabilities.
By recognising their unique strengths,
you can tailor career paths that are both
personally fulfilling for them and
strategically advantageous for your
organisation’s goals.
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Advantages of Career Pathing for Employers
Attract Top Talent
Offering robust career pathing opportunities
makes your organisation more attractive to
top talent
Improved Employer
Brand
Prospective employees are drawn to
companies that invest in their development
and offer clear pathways for advancement
Continuous Learning
Empowering employees to enhance their
skills for new roles that align with their
career objectives promotes a culture of
continuous learning
Employee Retention
A clear-cut career map encourages
employees to look for internal advancement
opportunities rather than searching for new
positions at other companies.
Increased Productivity
Career pathing fosters a sense of purpose
and direction, leading to increased
productivity, higher quality work, and
greater alignment with organizational goals
Prepare for the Future
By gaining insight into your employees’ skills
and abilities, you can identify which
employees are best suited for more
advanced positions for succession planning.
11. Benefits of Career Pathing for Employees
Career pathing gives your employees a sense of job security as it
demonstrates your commitment to form a long-term working
relationship with them.
Sense of Job Security
01
Employees always want to be sure that their job roles are not a dead
end. By mapping out their futures, they have something to work
towards and won’t feel the need to look for external opportunities.
Creates a Progression Plan
02
Your employees need to be able to trust you. Actively engaging in
their career pathing builds trust by giving them a clear idea of where
they stand and how they can continue to progress.
Sense of Trust
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12. Tips for Effective Career Pathing
STEP
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STEP
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STEP
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STEP
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Drive Career
Conversations
Create Employee
Development Plan
Assess your
business goals
Track Progress
and Performance
13. STEP
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STEP
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STEP
04
STEP
02 Start by assessing your business’ needs,
goals, and growth trajectory. Align
employees’ career path with the strategic
objectives of your organisation.
Whether it's expanding into new markets
or improving operational efficiency, a
thorough grasp of these objectives is
crucial for maximising the effectiveness of
career pathing efforts.
Assess your
business goals
14. STEP
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STEP
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STEP
04
STEP
02 Hold regular conversations with your
employees to learn about their short- and
long-term career goals. This will help identify
the direction they want to take in their
careers.
In addition, incorporate these conversations
into performance evaluations and individual
meetings to create personalized action plans
for their development.
Drive Career
Conversations
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15. STEP
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STEP
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STEP
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STEP
02 Upskilling and reskilling are crucial for
building an effective career plan. Providing
your employees opportunities to learn is
more likely to help them meet their career
goals.
Build tailored career development plans to
help each employee progress toward their
goals. This may include elearning
programmes,, certifications, coaching, and
mentoring to learn the skills needed for the
next stage of their career journey.
Create Employee
Development Plan
16. STEP
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STEP
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STEP
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STEP
02 Monitor and assess employee’s performance
regularly to ensure they feel supported and
have the resources they need to reach their
goals.
A two-way communication is also important
to give and receive feedback on what’s
working and what could be improved.
Track Progress and
Performance
17. Career pathing is an ongoing process…
Career pathing is an effective tool for
organisations that want to encourage professional
growth. However, it requires a continuous effort
to get it right.
Your employee’s goals and organisational needs
will change over time and their career paths may
need to adapt. Evaluate your career pathing
programme annually to ensure it remains relevant
and your employees stay engaged.
